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‘Mr Constable has also designed his own home kitchen using hoop pine and maple ply.’

‘The skin is fibreglass over a thin layer of plywood, which is itself supported by a skeleton of thicker ply, stiffened by a steel structure.’

‘Although this route is more expensive than a roof coating, the single ply can be installed as a re-cover, saving the cost of tear off, if the existing roof is less than 25 percent wet.’

‘They have curved doors made of marine-grade ply with a lacquer finish.’

‘The decks are marine ply, the spars were made out of local timber and the design was kept close to the original.’

‘The association had pleaded for an increase of 5 per cent in the price of commercial plywood and 10 per cent on commercial and waterproof board and waterproof ply.’

‘Made from leather, moulded rosewood ply and aluminium.’

‘The table, as well as the maple ply and cast-steel dining chairs, are easily wiped clean after meals.’

3[mass noun](in game theory) the number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program.

‘This creates a ‘tree’ of analysis with moves branching at each ply.’

‘This will likely include dozens of lines and several first ply candidate moves.’

2[no object, with adverbial of direction](of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes:

‘ferries ply across a strait to the island’

‘Steam-driven vessels were plying up and down the eastern coast of Britain as early as 1821.’

‘Once the underpass is through vehicles plying on Chord Road can cross this junction without any interruption as in the case of Mekhri Circle.’

‘Strict enforcement of parking regulations is indeed a prerequisite to tide over the present crisis caused by the increasing number of motor vehicles plying through the narrow roads in the State.’

‘Since medieval times a ferry had plied across the river at this point - but with the building of the railway station, it became increasingly obvious a more substantial crossing was needed.’

‘Buses ply frequently between Hospet and Hampi, and budget tourists can easily hire cycles or mopeds.’

‘The vehicles plying on Bangalore roads are growing every day.’

‘The ferries plying in these rivers provide cheap transportation to many villagers and poor people who live in remote areas, not accessible by road.’

‘Incidentally, the new boat will ply on the Ernakulam-Vypeen route.’

‘The number of vehicles plying on our roads is increasing in alarming proportion posing threat to pedestrians and vehicle users.’

‘Previously only a few rickshaws or horse-drawn carriages plied along that road; now big motorcars raced about all day.’

‘Around 2,200 ferries ply 40 of the major rivers.’

‘That the number of vehicles plying on the city roads has multiplied cannot be disputed.’

‘Over 50,000 commercial vessels ply the straits each year.’

‘The company now has 115 buses plying around a dozen regular routes and a further 20 routes at peak time.’

‘The additional buses would be run on those long routes where no buses were plying for the past several years due to the shortage and will spell more comfort for the bus passengers, who had to change buses to reach a destination.’

‘During the monsoons the ferries stop plying and the Gateway looks a trifle forlorn without the seething crowds that normally sit around it, shooting the breeze when the weather is gentler.’

‘Then the camera starts to roll and they start to ply me with a string of questions that I seem to remember were on the application.’

‘He was unfailingly helpful to the researchers and lay-people who plied him with questions from all four comers of the globe.’

‘And the unusually bright Lester has been plying her with all kinds of questions about death and God that she can't really answer.’

‘He looks forward to plying the winemakers with questions about their products.’

‘With my father in the room, I'd have felt safe enough to remain but I was always sent out and therefore unable to answer the questions my older sisters plied me with.’

‘Yesterday seems forgotten as he talks to Bren and plies her with questions about other schools we've attended.’

‘Still as popular as in his playing days, and looking not a day older, Rhodes was plied with questions about his own career, and also about the current South African team.’

‘At a news conference after yesterday's meeting, which was billed to have transformation in sport as the main discussion point, journalists plied Balfour with questions about the alleged remarks.’

‘I didn't focus the talk on young people, but one father came up to me afterward and plied me with questions about what kind of music he should let his kids listen to, what kind of media, films, TV programs, etc.’